People: Women at Work

In Indianapolis, the Indiana House of Representatives thought it would
be nice if the local theater attraction, Mae West, would pay them a
visit. Representative John R. Ryan, appointed a committee of one to
extend the invitation, brought back his report: "She can't come. She
asked me what time we met, and I told her 10 a.m. She said: 'Jack,
where I come from, the roosters don't even take off their muzzles until
11:30 a.m.' "

At a Washington newswomen's luncheon, Guest of Honor Anna Rosenberg was
asked if she had mastered "government procedure." Said the new
Assistant Secretary of Defense: "Where...